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The government appointed new judges to several High Courts. Two advocates were appointed to the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Justice Soumen Sen will be Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, and Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma will be Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Additionally, 10 advocates and 14 judicial officers will be judges in the Allahabad High Court.
The Supreme Court collegium recommended 14 advocates for judgeships in the Bombay High Court. The appointments, approved on August 19, 2025, include Nandesh Deshpande, Amit Jamsandekar, and others, as well as Siddheshwar Thombre, Mehroz Pathan, and several more.
Several High Courts received new chief justices, including Madhya Pradesh, Gauhati, Patna, and Jharkhand. Transfers affected many judges, including three from Punjab and Haryana, and chief justices were reassigned between Rajasthan, Tripura, Jharkhand, and Madras.
Five new chief justices were appointed to high courts. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva became the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. Justice Vibhu Bakhru was appointed Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Justice Ashutosh Kumar, Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan were appointed as chief justices of Gauhati, Patna, and Jharkhand High Courts, respectively.
